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Chawanmushi-Savory Egg Custard
Chawanmushi is a savory egg custard, "steamed in a tea cup". That's what chawanmushi means, literally. When I was growing up, my Japanese language skills hadn't progressed to the point of multiple...
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Chocolate Cupcakes--Magnolia Bakery's Recipe
I very rarely have the urge to bake since I'm not big on sweets, but I've been wanting to try the Magnolia Bakery's recipe for chocolate cupcakes. My daughter made the bakery's vanilla cupcakes and...
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St. Patrick's Day Deviled Eggs
Does anyone remember my Easter Eggs Post? Coloring the whites of the eggs works for just about any party or holiday. All you need to do is color the egg whites in the color or colors of holidays, baby...
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Corned Beef and Cabbage Soup
What are you having for St. Patrick's Day dinner? We used to always have corned beef and cabbage with carrots, onions and potatoes. Now we're having Corned Beef and Cabbage Soup, a much lighter...
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Takikomi Brown Rice
When I was growing up, we didn't have takikomi rice. We had maze gohan. I have since learned that takikomi rice is rice cooked with the vegetables and flavorings, and maze gohan is rice with the...
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Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs
After all these years, I finally know how to make perfect hard boiled eggs! I've gotten a lot of feedback on my Easter Eggs post--thank you to all who gave instructions on how to make perfect hard...
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Spicy Tuna with Crispy Rice
My family loves spicy tuna rolls and I'm sure they'll be excited to try these! I first saw a photo of Spicy Tuna with Crispy Rice on Pinterest--but it took me awhile to find Ravenous Couple's original...
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Stuffed Jalapeño and Sweet Peppers
Once again, I was inspired by one of Ravenous Couple's photos--this one was Jalapeño Poppers in a Blanket. Check out the photo with the proceeding link--it looks so good, doesn't it? The key to...
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Rainbow Fruit Kebobs
Happy 1st Birthday to my granddaughter, Rachel! My daughter Karen went all-out with a rainbow themed party. For lunch we had tacos, complete with guacamole, pico de gallo, salsa, and various meats....
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Spam Musubi with Shiso
Shiso is one of my favorite herbs, right up there with basil. Here on FOODjimoto.com, I've added shiso to pesto in my Umeboshi and Shiso Pesto post, and to my mother's recipe for Stuffed Chicken Rolls...
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Guest Blogger: I Love My Dog (so I cook her) Food--by Cherie Takemoto
This is my friend Cherie. We've been friends all our lives. You may remember her from our Peanut Butter & Jam Mochi post as well as my Umeboshi and Shiso Pesto post. As I've said before, this is...
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Cowboy Caviar
My friend Pam is a great source for recipes. She's always trying new things and is generous in sharing her recipes with friends. She made German Chocolate Cake (that has become the signature cake of...
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Easy & Delicious Farmer's Market Salad
Last Friday I stopped by the Whittier Farmer's Market and was reacquainted with one of my favorite salads. When I worked for Taguchi Farms back in the '80s, one of the vendors at the market would make...
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Hiyashi Chuka--Cold Ramen Noodles
Since the weather has been so hot here the last few weeks, we've been eating cold foods. Hiyashi Chuka--or cold ramen noodles--is refreshing on hot days. Nami over at Just one Cookbook is always an...
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Boiled Peanuts
I didn't grow up eating boiled peanuts. The first I heard of them were from my friends that grew up in Hawaii. Boiled peanuts are a favorite snack there. My son-in-law and daughter-in-law's families...
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Biscotti
You have got to try this biscotti. If you haven't made them before, don't worry--this was my first time making them and I'd say it was a success! As they were baking, my husband came home and was...
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Maple-Miso Dijon Salmon
Have you seen Closet Cooking? Of course you have. Kevin Lynch has a great website, Closet Cooking, and chronicles his "adventures with food in search of flavour," cooking in a closet-sized kitchen. He...
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Christmas Cookies!
I may have mentioned before that I have been baking Christmas cookies with my friend Laura since we were in high school. That's a long time--I won't say how many years! We have found a mix of cookies...
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Family Cooking Competition
Over the holidays my family got together for several days of fun. These days it's rare that we're all together since we're becoming more spread out as the family gets bigger. It was iikimochi--a good...
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Barbecued Blackened Rockfish
While shopping the other day at Costco, I came upon a package of wild caught rockfish. We were going to buy the farmed salmon, but after having seen the Salmon Confidential Documentary my brother...
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